New software enables blind and low-vision users to create interactive, accessible charts

Screen-reader users can upload a dataset and create customized data representations that combine visualization, textual description, and sonification.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
March 27, 2024 ~8 min

Engineering household robots to have a little common sense

With help from a large language model, MIT engineers enabled robots to self-correct after missteps and carry on with their chores.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 25, 2024 ~8 min


AI-driven tool makes it easy to personalize 3D-printable models

With Style2Fab, makers can rapidly customize models of 3D-printable objects, such as assistive devices, without hampering their functionality.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Sept. 15, 2023 ~8 min

A pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy

The machine-learning method works on most mobile devices and could be expanded to assess other motor disorders outside of the doctor’s office.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 14, 2023 ~8 min

Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captions

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
June 30, 2023 ~9 min

Speedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces

Rather than start from scratch after a failed attempt, the pick-and-place robot adapts in the moment to get a better hold.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 27, 2023 ~7 min

MIT engineers design a soft, implantable ventilator

The new design works with the diaphragm to improve breathing.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2022 ~7 min

Magnetic sensors track muscle length

Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2022 ~7 min


Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals

Researchers have created prototypes that enable screen-reader users to quickly and easily navigate through multiple levels of information in an online chart.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
June 2, 2022 ~10 min

System helps severely motor-impaired individuals type more quickly and accurately

For individuals who communicate using a single switch, a new interface learns how they make selections, and then self-adjusts accordingly.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
April 5, 2022 ~10 min

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